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December 12, 2016

Algérie : Le journaliste algérien Mohamed Tamalt meurt en prison

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Africa Algeria

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December 7, 2016

Guinée : Décès en série à la prison civile de Coyah

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Africa Violence Guinea

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December 6, 2016

Au Mali, des prisons devenues la cible des djihadistes

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Africa Mali

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December 5, 2016

Egypte : Les peines de prison alourdies pour lutter contre l'excision

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Africa Middle East Egypt

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November 25, 2016

Burkina Faso : Les bakoroman de Ouagadougou et le cycle infernal de la délinquance

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Africa Burkina Faso

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November 25, 2016

Ethiopia : 38 inmates over deadly September prison inferno

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Africa Ethiopia

An Ethiopian High Court has charged 38 inmates for a prison inferno that led to the death of some over 20 prisoners at the Kilinto prisons located on the outskirts of the capital, Addis Ababa.

November 22, 2016

Nigeria : l’Etat punit et l’Eglise sauve

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Africa Nigeria

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November 22, 2016

Cameroun : A la prison centrale de Yaoundé, être gardien d’un « volcan qui dort »

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Africa Cameroon

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November 11, 2016

Senegal : Long pre-trial detention overcrowds Senegal prisons

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Africa Overcrowding Senegal

Overcrowded prisons, poor conditions for the inmates and long pre-trial detention periods are issues throughout West Africa. In Senegal, the issue has led to prisoner protests and calls for reform.

November 8, 2016

Maroc et Sahara occidental : prison pour une vingtaine de paysans après des violences avec la police

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Africa Violence United States

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November 3, 2016

Maroc et Sahara occidental : à l’ONU, le Maroc est requis de libérer Abdelkader Belliraj et de lui accorder réparation

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Africa Morocco

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November 2, 2016

Sierra Leone: "Your name is John Bosco? With that name you should not be in prison."

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Africa Sierra Leone

Two years ago the World Health Organization declared that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was over. The epidemic caused about 4,000 deaths and over 14,000 cases of infection.

October 27, 2016

Sénégal : des prisonniers boulangers

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Africa Senegal

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October 27, 2016

Madagascar

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Africa

The association Grandir Dignement has, since 2009, been intervening in the cases of some of the 692 children detained in Malagasy prisons, providing professional training, legal counselling and educational monitoring, as well as bringing about improvements in their living conditions and fighting ag…

October 24, 2016

Kenyan president commutes all death sentences to life in prison

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Africa Justice Death penalty Kenya

President Uhuru Kenyatta commuted all death sentences in Kenya to life jail terms on Monday, removing 2,747 convicts from death row in a nation that has not executed anyone for about three decades. In addition to commuting the sentences of 2,655 men and 92 women, Kenyatta also signed pardon warrant…

October 18, 2016

Rakoto and the dragon

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Africa Culture Minors Madagascar

Minors incarcerated at Diego Suarez (Madagascar) collaborated with Judith Lesur to produce a short film. “Rakoto and the dragon” was warmly received by the prisoners, the association, prison staff and the wider public.

October 17, 2016

Niger : des djihadistes en fuite après l'attaque d'une prison

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Africa Niger

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October 17, 2016

Guinée-Bissau : des détenus s'évadent

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Africa Guinea-Bissau

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October 12, 2016

Uganda : government to build 1000-capacity jails annually to cut down congestion

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Africa Facilities Uganda

Kampala — Uganda Prison Services is to build a 1000-inmate capacity prison annually starting this year in order to cut down congestion, the Internal Affairs minister has announced. Maj Gen Jeje Odongo, who was accompanied by state minister Mario Obiga Kania and prison officers made his maiden visit…

October 3, 2016

Senegal : child prisoners learn fencing to stay out of trouble

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Africa Senegal

Inside Senegal’s state penitentiary, jailed minors form an orderly queue. They are being driven away from the prison in Thiès to enter a studio and fight. Senegal is experimenting with a new form of restorative justice where these child prisoners – whose offenses range from violence to theft – are…

October 1, 2016

Malawi's murder suspects overstay in prison

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Africa Malawi

The failure by Malawi government to prosecute murder cases timely is resulting in some remanded suspects going mad, a new report has revealed. The report by the Malawi Prison Inspectorate revealed that authorities took at least a year to bring murder suspects to court.

September 28, 2016

Egypt : abuses in Scorpion Prison

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Africa Middle East Egypt

A report, based on 23 interviews with relatives of inmates, lawyers, and a former prisoner, documents abusive conditions in Scorpion. Authorities there have banned inmates from contacting their families or lawyers for months at a time, held them in degrading conditions without beds, mattresses, or…

September 27, 2016

Kenya : one of the largest prisons has had no water for four days

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Africa Material conditions Kenya

For the fourth day running, the Naivasha Maximum Security Prison has had no water. This follows the disconnection of the institution’s power supply over an estimated Sh1.6 million in unpaid bills. The power is required to pump water from the institution’s borehole.

September 22, 2016

Sénégal : visite guidée dans les dédales de la prison de Rebeuss

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Africa Social ties Senegal

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